Question

根据以下提示，结合生活中的一个事例，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈你对“机会总是留给有准备的人”这句话的体会。
People often say, “I have good ability, but I don’t have the right opportunities to show myself, so it’s hard for me to succeed.” It’s true. Good ability does not always end in success, and opportunity plays an important part in one’s life.
注意：
1．无需写标题，如引用提示语则不计入总字数。
2．除诗歌外，文体不限。
3．内容必须结合自己生活或学习中的一个事例。
4．词数为120左右。

Answer 1

We have to admit that ability alone doesn’t guarantee us success. But if you get yourself well prepared, there is always an opportunity for you to succeed one day.
My father is a Chinese chess fan. He plays it, studies it and discusses it whenever possible. To a certain degree he is a fairly good player, but he never had a chance to prove it and for this he often got complaints from my mother, saying he was just wasting time and energy. But he ignored them and kept this hobby until one day there was a chess competition in our city. Of course, as you can imagine he took part and won－surprisingly, the first prize.
Ability can’t always help you win opportunities and opportunities will never wave to someone with average intelligence and diligence.

试题分析：这是一篇半开放式的作文，考生在写作时要注意根据英文提示，切忌偏题，短文主要谈的是机会总是留给有准备的人，考生要紧紧抓住这些特点，结合生活中的一个事例，适当展开自己的想象，谈谈对这句话的体会。在写作的过程中注意句型的多样化和连接词的使用。要求考生用地道的英语表达自己的观点，要求观点明确，驾驭语言的能力强，选择词汇的时候要选择相对高级的词汇，也要运用多种句型，让文章更有变化。难度在于选择合适的词汇和句型表达文章需要的意思，可以变换使用一些容易驾驭的句子或者词汇实现同样的目的。在写作的时候要运用合适的连接词把要点串联起来，使文章成为一个整体。
点评：开放式作文难就难在没有要点，给考生自由发挥的余地大，但也增加了难度，有的考生会觉得无话可说，这时可以充分利用所给的短文，展开陈述，但要符合英语习惯，句式选择要富有变化。